With a Hat Tip to Neil Irwin (he started doing this several years ago) … here are five economic reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving … 1) Low unemployment rate. The unemployment rate declined to 4.1% in October. The unemployment rate is down from 4.8% in October 2016 (a year ago), and is down...Read more »

With a Hat Tip to Neil Irwin (he started doing this a few years ago) … here are five economic reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving … 1) Low unemployment claims. The number of new claims for unemployment insurance benefits is at the lowest level in 40 years (with a much smaller population back...Read more »

From Neil Irwin at the WaPo looked for a few positives: Five economic trends to be thankful for. Some excerpts a few comments: Household debt is way down. … The good news is that in the past three years, Americans have made remarkable progress cleaning up their balance sheets and paying down those debts....Read more »